FLORIA 2011: Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2011

Can you believe it's May already? What's good in May besides celebrating Mother's Day? Well, we got to see more roses blooming since rain is less and sun is more.

Roses may bloom aplenty in May but roses are for forever, aren't they?

To Ranau with love: Making ‘Bunga Rampai’ from home grown roses

From a humble garden to glorious ‘hantaran’ platter, my roses boarded the plane and travelled far to Ranau, Sabah; a town famous for its majestic Mount Kinabalu, for my brother’s in law wedding. The roses were made as bunga rampai or Malay fresh potpourri (assortment of fresh flowers).

What is your rose ‘attitude’?

I love comments and opinions made on roses, no matter what they are. They give me the lowdown on how Malaysians in general view roses and how the world of roses here is defined.

How many different roses are there in Malaysia?

A few months back, my friend (Shiina) and I were in a hunt for a rose, the white old garden rose or ‘ros kampung putih’ as we commonly call it here. We knew about its existence from friends but we'd never seen it or had any ideas on how it looks. Obviously, we knew that the rose was no longer available in nurseries, that we must find it, and the search would be somewhat challenging.